A LOTTERY winner who bought their ticket in Warwickshire has missed out on their £1.6m prize.

The deadline to claim the windfall ran out at 5.30pm on Thursday night.

And despite weeks of publicity the holder of the winning ticket - bought for the draw on Saturday, April 29, at a shop somewhere in Warwickshire - has failed to come forward.

The cash will now go to good causes.

A National Lottery spokesman said: "Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticket-holder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize and has now sadly missed out on this substantial amount of money."

Lotto bosses believe the ticket has gone unclaimed because the winner failed to win the main Lotto draw on April 29.

But all tickets were automatically entered into a £5million jackpot-only draw which followed and the jackpot was shared between the mystery ticket and two others.